Conscious Choices & Holistic Living

Category Archives: Growing Stuff

We don’t have a lot of room on our balcony, but I do grow a lot of herbs. We have parsley, mint, cilantro, dill and basil at the moment. I grow those because we eat them the most! I have typically just purchased seeds from the store to replenish my fresh herbs, but have wanted to start saving my seeds so I didn’t have to rely on buying them at the store. This is my first year doing this and frankly, I don’t know why I didn’t start sooner. Read the rest of this entry →

Juicing fresh wheatgrass is a delight. It’s refreshing and is a great nutritional supplement. Juicing wheatgrass is a cinch if you have a wheatgrass juicer, but what to do if you don’t?! No problem! Juicing wheatgrass without a juicer is super easy. You just need the right items.

2. What brought you here? (I know this but the readers will want to know!)

I have been living in Bulgaria since November 2006. My husband and I wanted to provide a different life for ourselves and our children that was not available to us in the US.Read the rest of this entry →

I’ve been living in Europe for over 3 years now and there are some things that I had to give up when I moved here. One of the things that I had to leave behind in the US was my wheatgrass juicer. It was really too heavy and we came to the country with just luggage (granted, a lot of it, but just luggage). It just didn’t make sense to bring it along and I hoped I might be able to find something similar here. A missing juicer may not sound like a big deal, but for me and my family, it was a beloved treasure. After arriving here, I realized I wasn’t able to find one here, unfortunately. Read the rest of this entry →